Friday, May 21, 2010

Blog, Button, and Barbie

First, I'm pleased to announce the addition of a new historical fiction blog to the blogsphere, Historical Belles and Beaus! Its contributors come from all around the globe and write about a variety of eras, so stop on by! You're bound to find something to your taste there.

Second, when my husband hauled some stuff out of storage for a yard sale, I found this button from the English Shakespeare Company's touring production of The Wars of the Roses at Stamford, Connecticut, back in the 1980's. This was an adaptation of Shakespeare's history plays from Richard II to Richard III. It was great theater. If you look on You Tube under "English Shakespeare Company" (no, I don't mean the Royal Shakespeare Company), you can see some video clips from the production in England.

Third, I'd forgotten I owned this Barbie doll:

If it weren't for her rather insipid face, she'd be perfect for the young Margaret of Anjou, wouldn't she? Speaking of which, I'm almost finished with my final draft of The Queen of Last Hopes, my Margaret of Anjou novel, so back to work!

Susan, for a while the entire WoR production was on Youtube. I really liked the way the directors used 19th and 20th century sets and costumes- I thought it really made the Henry VI trilogy, which can be tedious, more interesting and easier to follow. I especially liked Michael Pennington's Henry V and Andrew Jarvis' RIII. You were fortunate to be able to see it in person!

Ah please don’t remind me about time zones or the days before we had Windows, email and the Internet and having to work late in order to talk to people in Australia and New Zealand; fortunately I was able to combine it with talking to people in the Americas as well.

By the way I’m not sure that MoA appreciated any comparison with Barbie. I have heard reports as yet unconfirmed that there have been certain rumblings within Angers over recent days.

Which reminds me I have still to finalise my transportation to Tewkesbury and I’m certainly not driving there. Contacted NatEx our equivalent of Greyhound and found it was case of only visit a day and that would be very late in the day so took a look at NatRail instead. No lack of trains - one leaving London every half hour only to judge by the distances and the time involved it would seem a case of travelling snail rail. Seems I would have to start out at some ungodly hour in the morning but so what – can’t wait to meet those gallant Gallics.

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I've published two historical novels set in fourteenth-century England and featuring the Despenser family: The Traitor's Wife: A Novel of the Reign of Edward II and Hugh and Bess. My third novel, The Stolen Crown, set during the Wars of the Roses, is narrated by Henry, Duke of Buckingham, and his wife, Katherine Woodville. My fourth novel, The Queen of Last Hopes focuses on Margaret of Anjou, one of the most maligned queens in English history. I am currently working on a novel set in Tudor England. I use this blog to post about history (mostly late medieval and Tudor England), historical fiction, and whatever strikes my fancy from time to time. Thanks for stopping by!
The title of this blog, by the way, comes from the song "Evil Woman" by the Electric Light Orchestra. Back when this song was new, I misheard the lyrics as "Medieval Woman."